Saturday 24th October - Murphy's Stableford

1st   Russell Macgregor         plus 18
2nd  Keith Wright                  plus 1
3rd   Mark Spurrell                minus 2        

Sunday 25th October - Stableford

Division 1
1st    Kevin McArthur            43pts
2nd   John Burke                  41pts
3rd    Conor White                40pts

Division 2
1st    Geoffrey Ruck            40pts
2nd   Martin Brett                 40pts
3rd    Fred Smith                 37pts

10th October - FBGC MENS OPEN SCRAMBLE

Congratulations to the winning team of Roy Clayton, Justin Clayton, Stuart Bancroft and George Foreman. Their net score of 54.35 was just 0.45 better than the 2nd place team of Fraser McLeod, Tom Cherrett, Anthony Carozzi and Dave Carey, with 3rd place going to Robbie Faulkner, George Faulkner, Steve Cooke and Josh Sturt

11th October - SUNDAY STABLEFORD

Division 1
1st    Keith Wright               38pts
2nd   Malc Williams            38pts
3rd    Justin Clayton           37pts

Division 2
1st    Ollie McArthur           40pts
2nd   Richard Leppard       37pts
3rd    John Meredith           37pts

13th September - SEELEY CUP / RENTAWELDER TROPHIES

Division 1
1st    John Sexton               65    - Seeley Cup Winner
2nd   Adam Tardivel          70
3rd    Christopher Miles     70

Division 2
1st    Geoffrey Ruck           63    - Rentawelder Winner
2nd   John Wisker              64
3rd    Harry Dye                 66

12th September - SATURDAY STABLEFORD

Division 1
1st    Richard Frost      36pts
2nd   Rick Penn           34pts
3rd    Steve Orchard    31pts

Division 2
1st    John Sexton        37pts
2nd   Roy Clayton       35pts
3rd    Adam Millar      33pts

2nd September - Midweek Stableford

Division 1 

1st   Joshua Macgregor     39
2nd  Richard Jones            38
3rd   George Faulkner       38

Division 2
1st    Mike Dowsett            38
2nd   Cliff Sanders             38
3rd    David Bell                 37

FRESHWATER BAY GOLF CLUB CHARITY CHALLENGE 2015

The weather was perfect at Freshwater Bay Golf Course on Sunday as a field of 96 golfers from around the Island and Mainland set off in the Annual FBGC Charity Challenge, which this year was in aid of the ABILITY DOGS 4 YOUNG PEOPLE, an IOW Charity dedicated to providing assistance dogs to young adults suffering with disabilities.

Individual Winner Derek Wright with Club Captain, Steve Orchard The scores certainly reflected the ideal conditions. Winning the individual event was Derek Wright with 44 points and a 4 under par gross score of 65.   In second place was Sammi Keen, whose 1 under par score of 70 equalled the current ladies course record.  Miles Oldershaw took third spot with 41 points.  Although not in the prizes James Veal is worth a mention as he also went round in 4 under par

Gail Brown, Ann Smith, Liz Morris & Di Clark, team winners

The team event was won by Gail Brown, Di Clark, Liz Morris and Ann Smith, with 127 points.

There were 2 teams on 126 points, with John Allen, Bill Hinchen, Sammi Keen and Chris Tansley winning on countback from Bob Godden, Jan Godden, Joan Martin and Chris Sprackling.

In the pairs event 3rd place went to Sammi Keen and Chris Tansley on 76 points, 2nd was Derek and Brian Wright, losing on countback to Miles Oldershaw and Keith Kimber, both pairs getting 79 points.

Sammi’s score of 43 points also saw her pick up the best ladies prize, with Liz Morris in 2nd place on 39 points and Elaine Hunter in 3rd on 38 points.

John Allen won the best away player with 40 points, Ernie Smith was 2^nd on 38 points and Xavier Bishop was 3^rd on 37 points.

After the golf, a demonstration was given by the Ability Dogs 4 Young People team that showed how the trained dogs can enhance the lives of young people suffering with disabilities.

Running alongside the golf was a charity raffle, with many businesses and individuals from around the Island donating prizes. The proceeds of this and the golf day meant that the grand total raised for the charity was £1780.

During the presentation FBGC Captain Steve Orchard thanked everybody that had contributed in making the day such a resounding success, and this was echoed by Carol Court, the founder of Ability Dogs 4 Young People.

19th July - THE MONTY CUP

After being dropped from the County Sevens team that were playing away at Ryde, Keith Wright felt he had a point to prove, but of course there are no trees at Freshwater Bay!

1st    Keith Wright        +4
2nd   John Stafford       +4
3rd    Stuart Morris       +3

15th July - MIDWEEK STABLEFORD

Well, I have to say that I thought the handicap software had developed a glitch, the scores were that good!!

Round of the day went to Ollie McArthur who scored an amazing 47 points even with a blob on the 14th! His cousin, Tom Dye was not too shabby either with 46 points, (with a blob on the 15th). This saw them sharing 1st and 2nd spot in Division 2, with Josh Macgregor 3rd on 40 points.

Watch out boys, the Secretary has sharpened that handicap axe!!

There was still good golf played in Division 1, but at least the scores were nearer the average. Miles Oldershaw won with 42 points, with Chris West second on 39 and George Faulkner 3rd on 38 points.

Saturday 11th and Sunday 12th July - CLUB CHAMPIONSHIP WEEKEND

Congratulations to Ryan Harmer on winning the Championship this weekend. His score of 150 was 3 shots better than 2nd placed George Faulkner.

Also very well done to Keith Kimber who won the Handicap, Veterans and Sunday tophies after shooting an incredible net 65 on the Sunday

Well done to all the other competitors for finishing their rounds in what can only be described as testing conditions!!

Ryan Harmer receiving his trophy from Club Captain Steve Orchard




From left to right
George Faulkner, Junior Champion
Steve Orchard, Club Captain 
Ryan Harmer, Club Champion
Keith Kimber, Handicap and Veteran's Champion

8th July - STABLEFORD

In tough conditions, Hugh Morrison finally managed to throw off his dismal run of form to post a battling 36 points in the 1st Division. This was good enough to take 1st place on countback from Simon Smith, with Ian Ball third on 34 points.

Division 2 saw new boy Chris Griffiths continue to show that his handicap is too high as he scored 40 points to take 1st place. Second was Richard Jones on 37 points, with John Wisker taking 3rd on countback from Dennis Smith, both scoring 35 points 

4th July - MONTHLY MEDAL

Kevin McArthur continued his fine run of form by scoring a magnificent net 62, which even included a missed 6 inch put on the 16th Green! 
Adam Tardivel took 2nd spot with 68 and Robbie Faulkner was 3rd on 69

Sunday 14th June THE PRESIDENT’S SALVERS

A large field took part in this mixed greensomes, hosted by FBGC President Richard Leppard.                                                                                 The winning pair was the Father & Daughter combination of Lucy and John Burke, with a level par round which earned them 44 points. There were birdies galore in their round, and the highlight was Lucy’s tee shot on the 15^th which ended up inches from going in the hole.                                                                                   Second spot was taken by Sue and Miles Oldershaw on 39 points, with Elaine and Barry Hunter taking 3^rd spot on countback with 38 points.  The Nearest the Pin prizes were won by Gail Brown and Jim Whitehead.                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                 During the presentation Lucy thanked the President for putting on such a well run event, and the President thanked all the competitors for taking part. 

Saturday 13th June - THE WIGHT WASH TROPHY

Last year’s holders, James Sanders & Stuart Morris,  retained the trophy, scoring an excellent 43 points in this betterball competition. Two other pairs also had 43 points, with George Faulkner & Simon Smith coming second, with the Dye brothers  Tom and Harry in third. George and Simon’s gross score was 4 under par, which was easily the best gross score of the day.

10th June - Midweek Stableford

Division 1
1st     Ian Ball                     35pts
2nd    Hugh Morrison         33pts
3rd     Miles Oldershaw      32pts

Division 2
1st     David Lindsay          31pts
2nd    Chris Griffiths           30pts
3rd    Barry Hunter             30pts

7th June - JUNE MEDAL inc EGU GOLD MEDAL

1st      Simon Smith       66
2nd    Chris Griffiths     67
3rd     Chris Tansley     67

6th June - Stableford

Division 1
1st  Kevin Miles           34pts
2nd Malc Williams       33pts
3rd  Craig Mussell       30pts

Division 2
1st  Roger Thomas     32pts
2nd Geoffrey Smith    32pts
3rd  David Bell            31pts

5th June - Veteran's Stableford

1st    Christopher Miles          35pts
2nd   Dennis Smith                 35pts
3rd    Jim Payne                     35pts

THE DEREK WORSELEY MEMORIAL TROPHY

THE DEREK WORSELEY MEMORIAL TROPHY

1st  Chris West        34pts
2nd Fred Smith        33pts
3rd  John Smith       33pts

RESULTS for 16th and 17th May

Saturday 16^th May           The Jim Sleight Memorial Trophy

1st          Dave Bell                             40 points

2nd        Jackie Evitts                         38 points
3rd         Jack Ince                              37 points

Sunday 17^th May                     Stableford

Division 1
1st          Les Mew                      40 points
2nd        Derek Wright                35 points
3rd         Justin Clayton               34 points

Division 2
1st          Nick Caton                    39 points
2nd        Chris Tansley                36 points
3rd         David Caton                  35 points

Wednesday 13th May - Midweek Medal

Wow! There were certainly some good scores posted late on in the day in Wednesday's Medal.
Winning the 1st Division with a nett 62 (gross 1 under par) was Simon Smith. Conor White was 2nd on 67 and George Faulkner 3rd on 69.
In Division 2, second and third spots went to two returning golfers to the Bay, Chris Griffiths and Andy Rann, with Chris posting an excellent 63. However, winning it by one with 62 was Tom Dye. Expect big swinging axes to your handicaps, lads!!

Division 1
1st   Simon Smith           62
2nd Conor White            67
3rd  George Faulkner     69

Division 2
1st  Tom Dye                  62
2nd Chris Griffiths          63
3rd  Andrew Rann          69

Sunday 10th May - Breakfast Event

The scores reflected the favourable weather, as nearly all the players played above or around their handicap. The winner, with a very impressive 24 points was Ruth Stockley, whose tee shot on the 14^th to about 2 foot also won the Nearest the Pin. One shot back were John Burke and Steve Sargeant, with John’s 13 points on the back 5 winning him 2^nd place.

1^st         Ruth Stockley              24 points

2^nd        John Burke                  23 points

3^rd         Steve Sargeant            23 points

NTP      Ruth Stockley              2 foot

Saturday 9th May - Monthly Medal

In tough conditions, Tom Dye  was the only player to manage to beat his handicap, scoring an excellent 67. Simon Fisher finished 2^nd on 69, winning on countback from Steve Sargeant who managed to play to his handicap despite having a triple bogey and a quadruple bogey on his card. Best gross score of the day was Keith Wright with a 76.

1^st                     Tom Dye                     67

2^nd                    Simon Fisher               69       

3^rd                     Steve Sargeant            69

Best Gross        Keith Wright               76        

Friday 8th May - Veteran's Stableford

Despite not scoring on the last hole, John Wisker still scored an excellent 37 points to win by 2 from Chris Blanchard. In 3^rd place, losing out on countback was Chris West.

1^st         John Wisker                37 points

2^nd        Chris Blanchard          35 points

3^rd         Chris West                  35 points

Saturday 25th April - Stableford

1^st        Nick Riby                     38 points

2^nd        Tom Dye                     35 points

3^rd        John Meredith              34 points 

Wednesday 15th April – Stableford

 Division 1 

1st       Ian Ball                         41pts
2nd      Richard Frost               38pts
3rd       Steve Sargeant             38pts

Division 2
1st       Cliff Sanders                36pts
2nd      Geoffrey Ruck             35pts
3rd       Tim Rees                     35pts

FBGC ISLAND GAMES FUNDRAISER

On behalf of the Island Games Ladies Golf Team a very big thank you to all competitors and sponsors who helped make this such a great day.

To help with the costs of sending a ladies golf team to the Island Games being held in Jersey this year, 108 golfers turned out at Freshwater Bay Golf Club on Sunday to play in an Open Scramble. The day was a great success, with good golf being played throughout the day. This was followed by a raffle, with over £1100 being raised through this alone. There has been great generosity shown by Island businesses in donating prizes to the raffle table, and this certainly contributed to the success of the day. Special mention goes to LCM Systems, whose donation of £250 went to contributing to the golf prizes

The top places in the golf itself was a very tight affair, with only 1.3 shots covering the first 5 teams.

The prize winners of the golf were;

1^st        Bob Godden, Jan Godden, Joan Martin, Chris Sprackling                55.1

2^nd        Steve Cooke, George Faulkner, Robbie Faulkner, Josh Sturt            55.5

3^rd        Kevin Garrett, Bill Hinchen, Hugh Morrison, Steve Sargeant           55.6

Best non competition handicap team              Conor White, Steve Orchard, Andy Rann, Dan Burgess                   54.75

Nearest the Pin on the 3^rd –     Lady    Mary Rawling                        

Man     Richard Daniels

Nearest the Pin on the 14^th  – Lady    Sue Keen                                

Man     Doug Stephen

At the end of the presentation, three members of the Island Games Golf Team, Sammi Keen, Lucy Burke and Carol Bingham, thanked everyone for their tremendous support, and announced that the final figure raised was £1700.

 

FBGC Captain Steve Orchard, 3 of the Island Games Team, Sammi Keen, Carol Bingham, Lucy Burke, LCM Managing Director Steve Sargeant, FBGC Lady Captain Paula Burke and Island Games Team Manager Liz Morris

Wednesday 8th April - MIDWEEK STABLEFORD

Division 1
1st     Adam Tardivel       40pts
2nd    Malc Williams        39pts
3rd     Chris West            38pts

Division 2
1st    Chris Tansley         36pts
2nd   Richard Downes     33pts
3rd    Barry Finch            32pts

1st April - MIDWEEK STABLEFORD

Division 1
1st    Richard Couse       39
2nd   Richard Frost        37
3rd    Craig Mussell       37

Division 2
1st    Dennis Smith        38
2nd   Cliff Sanders        36
3rd    Roland Coutts      35

Wednesday 25th March - Midweek Stableford

Division 1
1st    Derek Wright       39pts
2nd   Richard Frost      37pts
3rd    Steve Sargeant   36pts

Division 2
1st    Gary Holmes      40pts
2nd   Cliff Sanders      37pts
3rd    Peter Marsden   36pts

Wednesday 18th March - Stableford

Division 1
1st    Steve Sargeant    38pts
2nd   Barry Hunter        35pts
3rd    Simon Smith        34pts

Division 2
1st    John Wisker        40pts
2nd   Cliff Sanders       37pts
3rd    David Lindsay     34pts

Saturday 14th March - Stableford

Division 1
1st      Nick Riby            35pts
2nd     Richard Frost      35pts
3rd      Kevin Miles         34pts

Division 2
1st      David Wright       37pts
2nd     Gary Holmes      34pts
3rd      John Meredith    33pts

Thursday 12th February - Lady Captain puts down a marker for the year ahead.

In the first qualifier played since her appointment, Paula Burke showed that the responsibility of being FBGC Lady Captain will not be affecting her golf this year as her 34 points was the best score of the day and secured her the Silver Division. The Bronze Division was won by Ros Pinnell.

KW Stableford Result
1st Silver Paula Burke 34 points
1st Bronze Ros Pinnell 30 points
2nd overall Ann Smith 33 points on countback from
3rd overall Elaine Hunter 33 points

Wednesday 11th February - Derek shoots another sub par round

In the day's Medal Competition, Derek Wright showed yet again what a great golfer he is by scoring a 2 under par gross 66. This included 5 birdies in 7 holes on the back 9 to come home in 30 shots.
His net score of 63 was enough to win Division 1 by 2 shots from his playing partner, Ian Ball with Miles Oldershaw in 3rd place on 67.

In Division 2 John Wisker was 1st on 67, with Eddie Ormston taking 2nd spot on countback from Cliff Sanders, (69 each)

Friday 6th February - VETERAN'S STABLEFORD

1st      Chris Sprackling    31
2nd     Geoffrey Ruck       31
3rd      Ian Ball                  29

Sunday 1st February - MONTHLY MEDAL

Conor White posted a nett 70 to win the February Medal by 3 from Craig Mussell. Simon Smith was 3rd on 74

Saturday 31st January - 1ST HOLE IN ONE OF THE YEAR!

Congratulations to Nick Riby who aced the 15th Hole (for 5 points!!) in today's stableford competition.
However, his overall score of 29 points was not enough to get him in the prizes, but he will be getting a nice BOSS Watch.
New captain Steve Orchard played astonishingly good golf to post 39 points, with the next best score 6 points back.

Result.
Division 1 
1st Steve Orchard 39
2nd Keith Wright 33
3rd Derek Wright 32

Division 2
1st Craig Mussell 32
2nd John Meredith 31
3rd Hugh Morrison 30

Saturday 24th January - Stableford

Another good golfing day at the Bay saw some great scores posted again. In Division 1, top of the crop were Keith Wright and Russell Macgregor, both scoring 41 points, with Keith winning on countback. Simon Smith was 3rd on 39 points.
Division 2 was won by Gary Holmes on 39 points, 2nd spot went to Paul Swain (37) and Gary Cooke took 3rd on 35.

Wednesday 21st January - Stableford

Steve Sargeant again showed that he prefers the yellow tees to the whites, by posting yet another good midweek score. His 41 points was good enough to win Division 1 by 2 points from Kasey Tuckey, with Chris Miles 3rd on 38 points.

In Division 2, John Griffiths kept up his good run of form, winning with 36 points. Cliff Sanders took 2nd with 35 points and Barry Finch was 3rd on 33 points.

Saturday 17th January - Great Round from Derek Wright

In excellent playing conditions, Derek Wright showed what a fine golfer he is by scoring a 2 under par gross 67. This resulted in him getting 41 points in the Stableford to win the 1st division by 6 points from Adam Tardivel
Division 2 was a much tighter affair, with Josh Macgregor's score of 39 points being good enough to take 1st spot, with Hugh Morrison 2nd on 38 points.

14th January - Midweek Medal

On his return from sunnier climes, John Griffiths showed that he is a man for all weathers by winning this event comfortably with a nett 70. Second was Hugh Morrison on 73, with Derek Wright one shot further adrift in 3rd.

January 1st - Peter Guy Memorial Trophy

In tough conditions there was still a good turnout for the annual new year's day greensome.

Continuing the theme of previous years it was a father/son combination that triumphed, with Garry Cooke and Steve Cooke winning by 2 from Keith Wright and Bill Hinchen. However, there was some debate as to whether Keith should have been penalised 2 shots for taking longer than 5 minutes to look for his Driver head when it flew into the gorse off the 11th tee!
In 3rd place was another father/son pair of Robbie & George Faulkner.